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Railroad embankment by Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper

Railroad embankment, 1932

Gouache and watercolor on paper
35.6 x 50.8 cm (14.02 x 20 in)
Works on Paper
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (19 Nov 2014)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Nov 19, 2014
Christie'sNew YorkAmerican Art33
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Railroad embankment
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Artwork Description
Category

Works on Paper

Dimensions

35.6 x 50.8 cm (14.02 x 20 in)

Materials

gouache and watercolor on paper

Signature

signed ‘Edward Hopper’ (lower right)

Provenance

The artist.. [With]Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York, 1932.. Harry Clark Bentley, Boston, 1933.. Mrs. Earle Bradley.. [With]Frank K. M. Rehn, Inc., New York..

James Goodman Gallery, New York, acquired from the above, 1971.. Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1971..

Private collection, acquired form the above, 1971..

By descent to the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Museum of Modern Art, Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition, November 1-December 7, 1933, no. 60. Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, The Architecture of a Painting: Edward Hopper’s “Manhattan Bridge Loop,” January 30-April 4, 1940. . Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina Collects: A Loan Exhibition of North Carolina Owned Art Objects, October 10-29, 1967, no. 28. New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., American Masters: 18th to 20th Centuries, exhibition catalogue, March 10-April 3, 1971, no. 44. Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, An Exhibition of Paintings from Private Collections in Dallas, September 26-November 14, 1982, no. 58. Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, 2006-2012, on extended loan

Literature

Artist's ledger: Book II, 1907-62, p. 37. A.H. Barr, Jr., Edward Hopper: Retrospective Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1933, p. 30, no. 60. . North Carolina Collects: A Loan Exhibition of North Carolina Owned Art Objects, exhibition catalogue, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1967, no. 28, illustrated. L. Goodrich, Edward Hopper, New York, 1971, p. 220, illustrated. Kennedy Galleries, Inc., American Masters: 18th to 20th Centuries, New York, 1971, p. 45, no. 44, illustrated. S.A. Nash, Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, An Exhibition of Paintings from Private Collections in Dallas, exhibition catalogue, Dallas, Texas, 1982, pp. 140-41, no. 58, illustrated. G. Levin, Hopper’s Places, New York, 1985, p. 70. P. Schjeldahl, Edward Hopper: The Light Years, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1988, p. 26. G. Levin, Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, Berkeley, California, 1995, p. 244. G. Levin, Edward Hopper: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, New York, 1995, p. 256, no. W-287, illustrated. G. Levin, The Complete Watercolors by Edward Hopper, New York, 2001, p. 256, fig. W-287, illustrated. W. Wells, Silent Theater: The Art of Edward Hopper, New York, 2007, p. 154